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rile14
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Helper I

Explosion in the Pie Chart

Hi Everyone.

 

Is it possible to get the border between the slices in the default Pie Chart (the explosion option)? I tried, but it seems it is not possible. I found some custom visuals, but these are not free, and I need a free solution.

 

Basically I need to get something like this:

rile14_0-1722861121095.png

 

 

Thanks.

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Anonymous
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Hi All,

Firstly,  @VijayP  thank you for your solution !

And @rile14 according to my understanding, I want to share another method.

We can try to do this in an execl form to get the visual effect you need.

vxingshenmsft_1-1722921790259.png

vxingshenmsft_4-1722922184846.png

 

vxingshenmsft_3-1722922157424.png

vxingshenmsft_0-1722921679306.png

If you still have questions, here is the document I found for you, I hope it helps.

Explode or expand a pie chart - Microsoft Support

 

Hope it helps!

 

Best regards,
Community Support Team_ Tom Shen

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Thanks for your reply @Anonymous .

Unfortunately that is not what I need. I must create that visual in Power BI.

Anonymous
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Hi @rile14 ,

For this problem, I tried another way to show Explosion in the Pie Chart using R. In the case of using a pie chart, use R to nest it.

vxingshenmsft_1-1722933507248.png

This is the format size for Explosion.

 

vxingshenmsft_0-1722933471622.png

However, there are limitations: the tediousness of writing code and the fact that you can only use simple data sources.
So I recommend you to use some custom visual objects (with the possibility of paying for them), which will save you some unnecessary hassle.

 

 

Hope it helps!

Best regards,
Community Support Team_ Tom Shen

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VijayP
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@rile14 

you can use python code to get the exploded chart , for python script follow this link

https://www.educative.io/answers/how-to-explode-a-pie-chart-using-matplotlib-in-python




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